3:30 PM Pacific Time: Wednesdays
Weekly interviews with poets, performance artists, film-makers, novelists and storytellers. The first week of every month is a combined one-hour program featuring Jack Foley & Nina Serrano. The archive can be found at Cover to Cover with Jack Foley. The second week is hosted by Nina Serrano, Poet 2 Poet. The third week is hosted by Jovelyn Richards, Jovelyn’s Bistro. The fourth week is hosted by Reyna Cowan, Frame to Frame. And the fifth week (if there is one) is hosted again by Jovelyn Richards, Jovelyn’s Bistro.
Nina Serrano hosts a showcase of Piri Thomas’ work. Piri Thomas’ creative impact is not limited to the written word. As seen in EVERY CHILD IS BORN A POET, Thomas’ poetry can take the form of storytelling, a spoken word performance, a musical "word song" – or all of the above. Since the 1967 publication … Continued
Amelia Gonzalez talks with Kevin Robinson about the role of women and people of color. Kevin Robinson is the creator and producer of "Medium Rare" which is a cable t.v. show that consists of interviews and reviews that showcases the work of people color and women in film and television.
The End of the World:Chilean-American writer Francisco Letelier, reads excerpts from his literary essay, "The End of the World." Letelier describes his journey to Patagonia with his brother, fulfilling a childhood vow to visit the penguins. Once there, he unexpectedly visits the ghosts of his assassinated father’s torturers and then encounters a hungry puma. Produced … Continued
Ayana Jackson and Marco Villalobos talk about their new film, "Rompiendo el Silencio," which depicts the African legacy of Mexico.
Coptic poet and educator Matthew Shenoda will recite "State of Siege", a poem by the Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish, one of the most prominent contemporary poets in the Arab world. Mahmoud Darwish is known to be the poetic voice of the Palestinian people.
